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Using the sidewalk, protesters marched north with a police escort, walking on sidewalks chanting: 'My body, my choice.'

Occasionally the crowd chanted 'Not my president'.

But the number of protesters seemed to decrease at the demonstration arrived at its destination and the pre-determined protest area in front of the Trump Tower.

Only a few dozen people remained dedicated to the march.

Tourists walked by, some of them snapping pictures on their cell phones. The protesters called out for them to join in the demonstration, but people continued to walk by.

The group alternated between chanting, 'My body, my choice,' and 'Not my president' while they made their way to Trump Tower

But the number of protesters seemed to decrease at the demonstration arrived at its destination and the pre-determined protest area in front of the Trump Tower

Tourists walked by, some of them snapping pictures on their cell phones. The protesters called out for them to join in the demonstration, but people continued to walk by

From across the road, a few Trump supporters jeered at the protesters and the semi-naked marchers told them, 'bigots go home'

'It's scary to see people against protesters and see the hatred for this. But it's even scarier to think about where they got these ideas and who's telling them to think that way,' Mesa Melton, 20,told Gothamist .

Melton continued: 'We need to use our voice and our rights to speak out against this. It gets scarier every day'

From across the road, a few Trump supporters jeered at the protesters and the semi-naked marchers told them, 'bigots go home.'

'It's scary to see people against protesters and see the hatred for this. But it's even scarier to think about where they got these ideas and who's telling them to think that way.

'We need to use our voice and our rights to speak out against this. It gets scarier every day. The more people he floats for appointments and the closer we get to inauguration day, the scarier it gets.

'I'm terrified for other people who have more at stake than I do and whose rights can be taken away at any moment. We're taking a huge step backwards,' Mesa Melton, 20, told Gothamist.

'The more people he floats for appointments and the closer we get to inauguration day, the scarier it gets,' she told the site

'I'm terrified for other people who have more at stake than I do and whose rights can be taken away at any moment. We're taking a huge step backwards,' she added

Protests have become a regular site outside Trump Tower in the days since the businessman was elected future president